Project Dogwaffle 1.2  is a freeware version of the paint & animation  program Project Dogwaffle and PD Pro Digital Painter, developed by Dan Ritchie - version 1.2 is based on a subset of version 2.0

If you think this is pretty good, then you should see what you can do with the latest full commercial versions - read the user testimonials here.

What can be done with Project Dogwaffle? See the user galleries and sample artwork.

Project Dogwaffle lets you be creative without the fear of mom or wifey yelling at you because you messed up your clothes again. No sudden spills, no funny fumes. You can paint, erase it, and try again, and again, and again......

Project Dogwaffle version 1.2 (this freeware version) is based on the powerful achitecture of  Project Dogwaffle 2.0.  It's a light, yet powerful tool for artistic expression.  We felt that the aging prior free version (v1.11b) was in need of an update, since it was written for earlier operating systems and we wanted our new users to have the speed and power of our newer software architecture.

Dogwaffle 1.2 is not just a stripped-down save-disabled time-expiring trial demo of our full software - it's a fully functional version with some new features too. It is not save-disabled, there's no time-limit, no need to register, and there's no spyware or adware coming with it.

For users who want to get even more powerful tools, there is a choice of commercial versions at low prices.  There you will get even more more advanced features, more filters, more special FX and more animation support. That said, the freeware version 1.2 is a great tool for young artists who are just getting started, and for seasoned professionals alike.

Programmers will find that our plugin interface (SDK) supports all but one plugin command, so they can develop applications that work with either the full version or this free version. Additional features can also be found by way of the new Lua scripting gateway.

We have eliminated some of the fat from the program, to keep it lite: things like bulky help files have been excluded. However, help and tutorials are available online for free viewing and downloading. 

For graphics support, we have included internal support for BMP files, as well as the native Targa format.  Single images as well as brushes and animation frame sequences can be loaded in these formats. If you have images in other formats you can easily convert from other formats to BMP or Targa with Irfanview or XnView and other image viewers, editors and converters.

Please keep in mind that v2.0 came out in January 2004, while v1.2 was built a month later. Since then, numerous patches and free updates were released for v2.0. This has added many more plugins, filters and features for the commercial version 2 which was at version 2.1b as of  August 2004. In February 2005, even more new features were added with the release of v3.0, which has in turn also received several new update patches since (v3.1, 3.1a, 3.2). For more of what's new, click here.

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see more screenshots of Project Dogwaffle 1.2 at Softpedia.com

what are the Differences between the Free v1.2 and the Full Commercial versions?

This is not the first time that a free version of Project Dogwaffle is released. It's been a while though (read the story further down below). The prior free version was v1.11b from early 2002. A lot of things have been improved and enhanced since, both with the commercial and the free version 1.2. For a list of recent updates, patches and bug fixes, see what's new.